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dodder1

Syllabification: (dod·der)
Pronunciation: /ˈdädər/
Definition of dodder

verb

[no object]
  • tremble or totter, typically because of old age:spent and nerve-weary, I doddered into the foyer of a third-rate hotel (as adjective doddering)that doddering old fool

Derivatives

dodderer

noun

doddery

adjective

Origin:

early 17th century: variant of obsolete dialect dadder; related to dither

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